The World's Most Expensive Cellphone Charger!

fred@fredjean.net (Frederic Jean) — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:49:47 +0000

I decided to celebrate getting a new job and upgrade my cell phone. I used the same phone for over 2 years, and I felt that it was a little underpowered and under-featured for my taste. So I went all out and got the Motorola PEBL.

The PEBL itself is a a very fine phone. It supports Bluetooth, has faster Internet connectivity and it just looks amazing. It's also getting popular in the geek circles, which is a good thing.

It also has a USB port instead of the usual array of connectors found in other phones. You connect it's headset and charger to this port. This lead to the discovery that anything that provides power through a USB port can be used to charge the phone.

I was going through the normal battery conditioning process (charge the phone for x hours, let the battery drain. Then charge as normal). It so happened that the battery died while I was in the office, far away from my phone charger. I plugged a USB cable to the PowerBook and hooked the phone to it. After a few minutes, the phone turned on and continued charging.

So, this leads me to 2 conclusions:

No need to carry a cell phone charger with me when traveling anymore, eliminating the risk of loosing it and having to replace it (again...). A simple USB cord will do.
My PowerBook is indeed the world's most expensive phone charger :)

"The World's Most Expensive Cellphone Charger!" by Geek 24: Geekers

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:09:06 +0000

We charge our cellphones and even run a USB cooling fan (from ThinkGeek) on our Powerbooks (yah we have three of them almost every day and in fact one our staffers even has a reading light plugged onto it, which he uses to read manuals during our after dark gaming tournaments. Yes, they are expensive, but at least your cellphone will keep charging and not be hit by a "Blue screen of death" :)

Out of my mind...: The World's Most Expensive Cellphone Charger!

The World's Most Expensive Cellphone Charger!

"The World's Most Expensive Cellphone Charger!" by Geek 24: Geekers